Improvement in vests



UNITED STATES PATENT CF'FICE.

DAVID WESTCOTT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN VESTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,815, datedSeptember 8, 1674; application filed June 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID WEsTooTT, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new `anduseful Improvement in Vests; and I do hereby declare the following to bea clear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient toenable others skilled in the art to p which my invention appertains tofully underor saving of material in my invention.

My invention consists in the construction of a vest whereby the concaveshape necessary to properly fit the human form is readily producedwithout the necessity of gering, as is heretofore customary, and thereis a saving in material.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of the vest, the rollportion B of which is cut with the line G extending inwardly from thetop a ofthe front portion of the vest to the top of the neck portion b,thus forming the gorge D. G represents the roll of the vest, the faceportion of which is to be sewed or stitched to the body of the vest atthe line c, which is adjacent to the line G of the roll, and covers thegorge D of the vest. The rear portion of the roll folds against thestitfener of the roll, and has stitched or sewed to it the lining of thevest. In Fig. 1, I show, by the dotted line d, the line at which theroll has been heretofore out, and at ee the gores necessarily employedto impart the concave shape to fit the chest of the human body. Thesegores are entirely dispensed with by means of the inwardly-extendinggorge D, and the desired concave shape is better produced by means ofsaid gorge, since the vest is thrown out at the breast portion.

By this construction, also, I save the piece of vest material, Fig. 3,the piece of padding, Fig. 4, and the piece of under collar, Fig. 5,whereby there isa great saving in material,

which saving occurs between the line d andV roll-line C, and this, withthe improvement in the iit, rendersmy invention practical andserviceable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Avest constructed with the inwardly-curved gorge D, in combination withthe roll G, secured to the body of the vest adjacent to the line C, asshown, and covering said gorge D, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

DAVID WESTGOTT.

